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Newspaper
Huron Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1842
Page
2
A fragment reflecting on past rural life urges contentment with one apple tree and one grape vine, contrasting with older times when families kept a barrel of grapes and a store of apples for winter, as noted by Wese fad Messenger.
Local commentary blasts the six Bank Receivers appointed to wind up the Commercial Bank of Lake Erie and the Bank of Cleveland. It condemns the $1,500 per annum salaries, noting two-year wind up legs and expenses that erode note holders’ assets. The piece argues these costs drain assets and proclaims the wake of funds as a costly joke on honest note holders.
The piece notes 300 bands in Ireland linked to temperance societies, with 6000 musicians. It reports at the British Royal Foundry casting 2000 cannons for warships and troop movements to India. Additional regiments are ordered, boosting foreign service by about 15,000 men, while Peel’s government faces near-consensus support on tax and tariff reforms amid global turmoil in China.
The Caledonia reached Boston on Thursday morning after a pleasant voyage from Liverpool lasting 1 day and 12 hours. It brings 42 passengers to Halifax plus 29 to Boston and 7 to Boston from Fairfax. The afternoon notes report on England's flour trade with Canada, dull business, a firm cotton market, and other imperial items. Major news includes a proposed sugar trade debate and a large Irish bank failure affecting 1000 workers, with Parliament updates and naval dispatches from Constantinople.
The race on the Union Course yesterday featured Fashion and Boston in two heats. Fashion, ridden by Joe Laind, carried 111 pounds and won by a length in the second heat, with Boston owned by Gal Johnson of Virginia. The event carried a $10,000 stake with the Union Course Jockey Club backing Fashion. speeds noted include three miles in 1m 53s each and the final mile in 1m 55s.
A humorous regional sketch notes people in bean loving towns attack baked beans on Sundays. Dominic, a laborer, calculated he preached to about four bushels of beans each Sunday, describing a congregation of vegetables and their zeal for local bean varieties.
Mr Van Buren and Mr Paulding arrived at Nashville on April 26 and were greeted by a large concourse of citizens. They then proceeded to the Hermitage. Generals Jackson Van Buren and Paulding and Gov Park planned a Nashville visit on the seventh, to be escorted into the city by a large citizen procession.
The Cincinnati Republican notes a large bacon sale offering 90,000 lbs of hog round for twelve cents per pound with a buyer, illustrating low provision prices. The report mentions offers and the highest bid but details are unclear due to damaged text.
The Reflector reports that Rhode Island Governor King and supporters of the old charter have issued warrants to arrest members of the Suffrage Legislature. Arnold of Providence refuses bail and is jailed. Dorr and Pearce have fled the state, while armed tension and potential bloodshed loom. Several suffrage legislators resign as crisis deepens.
Thomas L. Hamer introduced resolutions at a West Union gathering condemning the last Legislature while praising a regulated banking system. The Locofoco faction denounces the majority and banks, fearing Hamer's influence will disrupt party unity. Editors of the Experiment remain silent on the issue. Locos seek clarification from Democratic readers.
Reports from New Orleans note Kendal and all American prisoners freed in Mexico, a welcome development easing tensions. The British mission under Lord Ashburton updates the North East Boundary dispute, proposing to buy the contested tract with appraised payment between 4 and 22.5 million, while Maine resistance could block progress. The New York Herald signals a gloomy mood on negotiation prospects amid party politics and tariff division among locofocos.
The New York Express declares Locofoco members and the Mayor seek to usurp city government. It accuses Alderman Purdy, the Mayor, Clerk Willis, and Shaler of abusing power to block sworn in Sixth Ward members, while predicting a Whig majority will eject the Locos and the Supreme Court may intervene.
The Buffalo Commercial reports an agreement among steamboat owners to renew the lake consolidation with rates set lower than last year, signaling stable pricing and coordinated operations for the season.
Florida rumors claim a truce nears as Col Worth presses Native bands toward surrender while Sam Jones and the Prophet remain at large. A schooner from Sandusky capsized in a squall near the city, drowning most crew. one survivor describes a frantic rescue. Western rail traffic booms with heavy loads and rising weekly receipts. Local political commentary condemns the Locofoco press and defends Jacksonian policy. An extended verse entry closes with a dreamlike meditation.
The Huron Association of Universality will hold sessions in Huron Erie County on Saturday and Sunday, May 28 and 29. Visitors from afar are invited to call for directions to Croell Eddy Spears Corners, Joseph Richards Beatty Union Schoolhouse, and John Hughes Beatty Stone House. Martin Kellogg, Standing Clerk.
A scraped weather log shows a mix of temperature hints and conditions over a week. Entries mention warm and hazy days, cloudy and cool periods, and brief references to rain. Some lines are incomplete or garbled, but overall it records fluctuating mild to warm conditions with cloud cover and a touch of rain.
The House passed a bill by 113 to 87 compelling States to abandon the General Ticket and Double District System. New York will be divided into six congressional districts under the new apportionment, with totals listed for each state and party alignments. The second section, added by Mr Halsted, was approved 105 to 89 with Whigs and Locos in the yeas, and Tyler men in the nays. Districts must be contiguous and equal to each state’s House seats.
A lecture will be delivered at the Chapel of Norwalk Seminary before the Athenian Literary Society by Mr. Heyce on the Isth instant. Citizens are respectfully invited to attend. C. H. K. Heath, S.
A fragmentary item notes a Ridgefield wedding on the 12th by Rev Parlin, pairing Joan P Cornell of Cincinnati with Sylvia Chapin of Ridgefield, and a Florence wedding on April 26 by Rev G R Brown uniting Nathaniel R Daniels with Sarah Peck.
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